< Psalms 136 >
1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness.
Thank Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
2 Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For to the age [is] His kindness.
Thank God, the one who is greater than all other gods; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
3 Give ye thanks to the Lord of lords, For to the age [is] His kindness.
Thank the Lord who is greater than all other lords/rulers; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
4 To Him doing great wonders by Himself alone, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He is the only one who performs great miracles; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
5 To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He is the one who by being very wise created the heavens; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
6 To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He is the one who caused the ground to rise up above the deep waters; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
7 To Him making great lights, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He is the one who created great lights [in the sky]; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
8 The sun to rule by day, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He created the sun to shine in the daytime; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
9 The moon and stars to rule by night, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He created the moon and stars to shine during the nighttime; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
10 To Him smiting Egypt in their first-born, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He is the one who killed the firstborn [males] in Egypt; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
11 And bringing forth Israel from their midst, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He led the Israeli people out of Egypt; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
12 By a strong hand, and a stretched-out-arm, For to the age [is] His kindness.
With his (strong hand/great power) he led them out; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
13 To Him cutting the sea of Suph into parts, For to the age [is] His kindness,
He is the one who caused the Red Sea to divide; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
14 And caused Israel to pass through its midst, For to the age [is] His kindness,
He enabled the Israeli people to walk through it [on dry land]; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
15 And shook out Pharaoh and his force in the sea of Suph, For to the age [is] His kindness.
But he caused the king of Egypt and his army to drown in it; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
16 To Him leading His people in a wilderness, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He is the one who led his people [safely through the desert]; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
17 To Him smiting great kings, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He killed powerful kings; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
18 Yea, He doth slay honourable kings, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He killed kings who were famous; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
19 Even Sihon king of the Amorite, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He killed Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
20 And Og king of Bashan, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He killed Og, the king of Bashan [region]; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
21 And He gave their land for inheritance, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He gave their lands to us, his people; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
22 An inheritance to Israel His servant, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He gave those lands to us people of Israel, who serve him; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
23 Who in our lowliness hath remembered us, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He is the one who did not forget about us when we were defeated [by our enemies]; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
24 And He delivereth us from our adversaries, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He rescued us from our enemies; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
25 Giving food to all flesh, For to the age [is] His kindness.
He is the one who gives food to all living creatures; his faithful love [for us] endures forever.
26 Give ye thanks to the God of the heavens, For to the age [is] His kindness!
[So] thank God, [who lives in] heaven, [for all those things], because his faithful love [for us] endures forever!